The searchFlags property of the attributeSchema class that represents the attribute you'd like preserved during logical deletion.
1. Run ADSIEDIT.MSC (Support Tools) (Requires Schema Admins) 2. Expand the Schema NC (Naming Context) 3. Locate "cn=<attribute>" 4. Right click it and select Properties 5. Locate and edit the "searchFlags" property 6. Perform a bitwise-or of bit 3 (the 8) 7. Click OK 8. Right click the node in the left pane labeled "Schema [your DC's FQDN]", select "Update Schema Now" To make my reason for asking clear, I don't think modifying an enterprise wide schema property for the sake of recovering slightly more quickly from occasional deletions is particularly good practice ... but that's just me :o) -- Dean Wells MSEtechnology * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msetechnology.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 11:30 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Keep existing attributes from users restored. Out of curiosity Dean, what schema mod is this? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Wells Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 11:20 AM To: Send - AD mailing list Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Keep existing attributes from users restored. To do that, you need to modify the schema. The schema modification must be in place before the deletion occurs, are you prepared to modify the schema for such a rare occurrence (at least I hope this is rare)? -- Dean Wells MSEtechnology * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msetechnology.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TIROA YANN Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 11:05 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Keep existing attributes from users restored. Hello all :) I recovered deleted users from deletion succesfully by either the following method http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840001/en-us or the excellent adrestore tool from sysinternals. But when i restore deleted users, all their existing attributes (such as telephone, fax dispalyname, sn, givenname,etc..) are not kept after restoration. The account is only disabled. Only their sids are kept. I'd like to find a way to recover all their attributes too that is to say the state they were before deletion. Any ideas ? Thanks in advance. Cheers, Yann TIROA Centre de Ressources Informatique. Campus Scientifique de la DOUA. Bât. Gabriel Lippmann - 2 ème étage - salle 238. 43, Bd du 11 Novembre 1918. 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
